Latest in Tag: court Highlight
Latest in Tag: court
Suez lawyers strike over police assault claim
Lawyers were attacked by riot police inside court, says Lawyers Syndicate head

56 judges suspended over âBrotherhood supportâ
Judges referred to the disciplinary committee for signing pro-Morsi statement
73 detainees referred to court
Defendants charged with joining illegal group and disturbing the public peace

Final ruling for the OCI postponed to 4 November
Government seeking to settle tax dispute worth an estimated EGP 7bn

36 referred to court for forming âterroristâ group
Police arrested 22 members, including the founder, with remaining 14 still at large

GUC Students Union to meet university administration
âSemester dropâ demanded for arbitrarily expelled student

Former presidential spokesman trial postponed to 18th October
Yasser Ali has been held since December 2013 without trial

US Court accepts Egyptian nationalâs guilty plea for US embassy bombings
1998 bombings targeted two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people
Minya court orders detention of 161, postpones retrial
Defendants were tried in absentia as part of the controversial case involving 528 handed preliminary death sentences

Alexandria detaineesâ appeal verdict postponed
Detainees are accused of violating Protest Law by participating in demonstration organised in solidarity with torture victim Khaled Said

Brotherhood says âjustice is indivisibleâ after Mubarak trial postponement
Group says there have been âjudicial farcesâ in Egyptâs courts over past 15 months
11 acquitted of violating Protest Law in Fayoum
The Bandar Fayoum Criminal Court acquitted 11 defendants on Sunday, who were accused of protesting illegally. The 11 were arrested on 8 August and charged with breaking the Protest Law, blocking the road, and resisting the regime. The defendantsâ ages ranged from 17 to 40, including four juveniles, according to a Facebook statement issued by …

UPDATE: Court postpones Mubarak’s verdict to 29 November
Judge says panel needs more time to rule on case
In Pictures: Judge adjourns Mubarak’s case to 29 November
Judge Mahmoud Kamel Al-Rashidy adjourned on Saturday the retrial session of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of ordering the killing of peaceful protesters during the 25 January Revolution as well as corruption charges. Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal, former interior minister Habib Al-Adly and six of his aides, and fugitive businessman Hussein …

Brotherhood condemns UN reception of Al-Sisi
The presidentâs reception at UN amounts to âaccepting the use of force in political disputesâ says Brotherhood

Judge adjourns Mubarak trial to 29 November
The verdict was expected Saturday but the court says it needs more time to rule on the 160,000 paper-case

Badie and 14 others handed life imprisonment in Giza clashes trial
Defendants charged with murder and inciting violence
Prosecutor sends 3 to court over âterrorismâ charges
Defendants facing charges of possessing firearms and inciting violence

Number of hunger strikers in and out of prisons reaches 143: ANHRI
Dozens have recently started hunger strikes to call for release of political prisoners and for abolishing the infamous Protest Law

Amnesty calls on Egypt to release protesters arrested for challenging Protest Law
The international human rights watchdog says testimonies and available information suggest that the charges are “almost certainly baseless”
Ministry of Endowments warns against politically-affiliated religious NGOs
The ministry says Al-Azhar to supervise Friday sermons along a common theme
Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claims responsibility for attack on security convoy
A video surfaced showing convoy exploding into thick black smoke
Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiyaâs political wing faces possible dissolution over terrorism charges
Political Parties Affairs Committee forwards case to prosecution for investigation

Building and Development party condemns dissolution of Islamist parties
Islamist leaders fear removing Islamist parties from politics might give way to a new wave of fundamentalism

Anti-Coup Alliance calls for partial strike
Escalation comes after the pro-Morsi alliance organised weekly protests throughout the past year
Two die in Giza neighbourhood: FJP and police denies deaths
Protesters mark the one year anniversary of Rabaa amid high tensions

Mubarak awaits court ruling, due on 27 September
Mubarakâs interior minister Al-Adly described 25 January as a conspiracy and 30 June, a revolution
HRW Rabaa report receives mixed reactions
SIS criticises report for ignoring Brotherhoodâs âterrorist operationsâ

Brotherhood affiliated groups condemn FJP ban
The pro-Morsi Anti-Coup Alliance condemned Sunday the ban on the Muslim Brotherhoodâs political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), describing it as an unlawful and void decision. The alliance said in a statement that the ban demonstrates the extent to which the Egyptian judiciary is biased and politicised. Departing from legal process and constitutional …

Top Egypt court dissolves FJP
The court decision is final and is described by the Brotherhood as one which is âlegally nullâ